Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 2Messrs. Whitestone, Colles, Burnet, 1783 - English language |
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... object which it seeks to describe ; we should never interrupt the course of thought to caft about for Figures . If they be fought after coolly , and fastened on as defigned ornaments , they will have a miferable effect . It is a very ...
... object which it seeks to describe ; we should never interrupt the course of thought to caft about for Figures . If they be fought after coolly , and fastened on as defigned ornaments , they will have a miferable effect . It is a very ...
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... object aimed at by the greater part of thefe figures , is en- " tertainment . But when the fubject becomes deeply ferious " and strong paffions are to be moved , who can bear the ora- " tor , who , in affected language and balanced ...
... object aimed at by the greater part of thefe figures , is en- " tertainment . But when the fubject becomes deeply ferious " and strong paffions are to be moved , who can bear the ora- " tor , who , in affected language and balanced ...
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... object we present to it , appear confused and indistinct . Ac- cordingly , the most masterly defcribers , Homer , Tacitus , Milton , are almost always concise in their defcriptions . They fhew us more of an object at one glance , than a ...
... object we present to it , appear confused and indistinct . Ac- cordingly , the most masterly defcribers , Homer , Tacitus , Milton , are almost always concise in their defcriptions . They fhew us more of an object at one glance , than a ...
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... object ftrongly , he will exprefs it with energy : but , if he has only an indistinct view of his fubject ; if his ideas be loofe and wavering ; if his ge- nius be fuch , or , at the time of his writ- ing , fo carelessly exerted , that ...
... object ftrongly , he will exprefs it with energy : but , if he has only an indistinct view of his fubject ; if his ideas be loofe and wavering ; if his ge- nius be fuch , or , at the time of his writ- ing , fo carelessly exerted , that ...
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... object of his attention . But his atten- tion is shown in the choice of his words , and in a graceful collocation of them ; ra- ther than in any high efforts of imaginati- on , or eloquence . His fentences are al- ways clean , and free ...
... object of his attention . But his atten- tion is shown in the choice of his words , and in a graceful collocation of them ; ra- ther than in any high efforts of imaginati- on , or eloquence . His fentences are al- ways clean , and free ...
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